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The Washington State Medical Home Partnerships Project for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs helps primary health care doctors and nurses, other health care providers, families and communities improve care for children and youth, particularly those with special health care needs, and their families.

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Who We Are

Project staff, in consultation with our funders and partners, identify and filter for you the best practical and current tools, strategies, and examples of local and state activities in Washington to help you strengthen:

The patient- and family-centered medical home
The “medical home neighborhood,” which includes specialty and community services
Developmental screening in primary care practices and early childhood settings

The Medical Home is a model of primary health care that focuses on team-based care with the patient and family at the center. It can be especially helpful for individuals with disabilities and chronic health conditions. But primary care can’t do it alone. We are here to help primary care, families and community partners find the best ways to work together to improve care for vulnerable children and youth in Washington State.

What We Do

Medical Home - Community and Connections We provide support through connections and technical assistance to state and local groups working to improve collaborative care for children and youth, especially those with or at risk for disabilities or chronic health conditions and their families . These activities include:

Community Asset Mapping
Child Health Notes
State efforts to promote developmental screening in practices (including the Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Great MINDs trainings) and across early childhood settings
Initiatives to improve care for children and youth with autism spectrum disorders
Patient and Family Engagement activities
Family leadership including the Washington Statewide Leadership Initiative (WSLI)
Workforce development including inservices and presentations on medical home, family-centered care and community resources to pediatric residents and other health care providers in training
Presentations, consultation and technical assistance to other organizations and individuals working on similar issues.

The website is produced by the Washington State Medical Home Partnerships Project. Our interdisciplinary staff are faculty and professionals at the University of Washington’s Institute on Human Development and Disability (IHDD). We are funded by the Washington State Department of Health (DOH), Office of Healthy Communities through a contract with the Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program to help with work on the six national performance measures for children and youth with special health care needs.

IHDD also provides support and we work closely with the UW Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program as well as many additional partners.

31jan8:30 am4:30 pmWA State Autism Center of Excellence Certification Training Event Organized By: WA INCLUDE Collaborative - University of Washington, Institute on Human Development and Disability, Clinical Training Unit Event Type:TrainingIn-person or Online:Online

Event Details

University of Washington experts provide the Autism Center of Excellence (COE) trainings through a contract with the Health Care Authority (HCA). As of July 2024, we are contracted to provide 4 general trainings a year.

Purpose of the COE Training

To increase the number of qualified clinicians (COEs) across Washington State who can appropriately diagnose children and youth with autism who have Medicaid insurance.
To foster collaboration between providers and systems serving autistic children and youth and their families
Help children and families access needed services as appropriate, including writing a Medicaid/Apple Health prescription for Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). COE required for Managed Care Organization (MCO) prescription approval.

Who is Eligible to Become a COE

The HCA determines which primary care and other clinicians can become COEs. Currently the list includes medical physicians working in primary care, specialty physicians, clinical psychologists, ARNPs and pediatric naturopaths. Physician Assistants (PA-C) whose supervising clinician is a COE are eligible as of Jan 1, 2023.

Who is Eligible to Attend the Training

Clinicians who serve patients with Washington State Medicaid insurance or support clinicians doing this work. We welcome others interested in learning more about autism who are providing care coordination, peer support, mental or behavioral health services etc. There are limited spots for out of state providers interested in learning more about this approach to training primary care providers to diagnose autism.

More information and registration

Registration

Time

(Friday) 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Location

Online

Organizer

WA INCLUDE Collaborative - University of Washington, Institute on Human Development and Disability, Clinical Training UnitWA INCLUDE Collaborative- Interdisciplinary Network of Community Leaders with a focus on the Underserved and Disability Education -Improving systems of care by supporting education, training, and connections within a growing community of champions -Promoting quality of life and health equity within underserved communities at the intersection of developmental disability, mental health, and physical health -Increasing accessibility, variety, and amount of trainings and support for providers strained by high workloads -Creating and facilitating state-wide networks that empower local regional champions through access to expertise from each other and state partners -Embedding supports within schools, medical homes, mental health clinics, and communitieshttps://wainclude.org/

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